1st Lt. Lori Anderson
Public Affairs Officer
South Dakota Wing
SOUTH DAKOTA -- A South Dakota Wing aircrew provided aerial damage assessment Nov. 8 at the state Office of Emergency Management's request after a storm struck the western half of the state.
The five-hour assessment flight came after "the weather made it difficult for us to launch the planes to provide the assessment,” said Capt. John Seten, the wing's director of operations.
The storm left many residents without power. Wade Bollinger of the Moreau-Grand Electric Cooperative, who flew with the CAP crew, estimated that 187 power poles were broken and that about 1,500 residents lacked electricity in the counties of Corson, Dewey and Ziebach alone.
